Sairey Gamp, byname of Sarah Gamp, comic fictional character in Charles Dickens’s novel Martin Chuzzlewit (1843–44). Sarah Gamp, a high-spirited old Cockney, is a sketchily trained nurse-midwife who is as enthusiastic at laying out a corpse as she is at delivering a baby.

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Mrs. Sarah Gamp, a comic fictional character in Charles Dickens’ novel Martin Chuzzlewit (1844), is a high-spirited and sketchily trained nurse-midwife who is as enthusiastic at laying out a corpse as she is at delivering a baby. The character is famous for her bulky umbrella, enormous bonnet, and constant reference to the imaginary Mrs. Harris, whose opinions always confirm those of Mrs. Gamp.